Students in the Master’s program in Cyber Security can choose between two specializations:
- Management
- Digital Forensics
General objectives of the degree program:
- Apply fundamental concepts of security management and digital forensics to complex problems, critically analyze and reflect on them, and derive well-founded decisions from them.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate security-related concepts (technical cyber defense), particularly including the design and assessment of customized early warning systems and protective methods.
- Plan and lead security-relevant and cross-functional projects using appropriate project management and leadership concepts, and professionally lead teams, including across organizations.
Additional objectives in the Management specialization:
- Introduce and audit relevant quality and security standards in existing system landscapes and define performance requirements.
- Plan and take responsibility for integrating new solution concepts into existing IT architectures while ensuring a secure infrastructure for the institution’s system landscape.
- Manage and lead audit processes and audit programs with regard to opportunities and challenges.
Additional objectives in the Digital Forensics specialization:
- Critically analyze, compare, and apply methods and tools of digital evidence handling, particularly in the context of cybercrime.
- Systematically secure, analyze, and evaluate digital evidence on different IT systems while considering technical, legal, and organizational frameworks, and document the results in a comprehensible and legally compliant manner.
- Evaluate forensic methods depending on context and situation, select them based on sound reasoning, and apply them to complex security- and investigation-related issues.
